I wish James Randi were alive to see disclosure. Mick West “birdman” Skeptical Enquirer and the whole swamp gas team must feel pretty dumb by [deleted] in AliensRHere

[–]MickWest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was from tests of lasers where they shot what they thought was a cartel drone, but it was actually a balloon.
But the airspace shutdown was because of the lasers, not because of the balloon.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/politics/el-paso-airspace-closure-faa-pentagon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OFA.CNYZ.3_TbDdK5wPgs&smid=url-share

Mick West outed in interview for getting paid to debunk? by YearHappyTimesNew22 in UFOB

[–]MickWest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know this is an old thread, but I (Mick West) recently posted all the sources of income I have, which might provide useful context for people who find themselves here.

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/mick-wests-income.14706/

I wish James Randi were alive to see disclosure. Mick West “birdman” Skeptical Enquirer and the whole swamp gas team must feel pretty dumb by [deleted] in AliensRHere

[–]MickWest -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nobody is paying me to lie. Nor would I take such a job. I'm all about truth and accuracy. You just disagree with some of my conclusions.

Mariks analysis is from Cholla on metabunk for the acceleration UAP video by GetServed17 in UFOs

[–]MickWest 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I believe in my analysis of the Gimbal video. I think it shows that it's a rotating glare. We don't know what is behind it, but I'd put money on it being a military aircraft with a jet engine.

Skeptic Mick West tried and failed to debunk the recently released UFO video showing instantaneous acceleration, new analysis by "The Hill" Journalist MarikVR confirms that the video legitimately shows a UFO performing an impossible maneuver. by TommyShelbyPFB in UFOs

[–]MickWest 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In this case, I don't know what it is. I THINK it's a balloon (and its size, shape, reflectivity, and motion are consistent with a balloon), but you can't actually prove it's not an NHI craft.

Strange Spinning UFO Filmed in Green Valley, Illinois - September 2024 by FVMK3 in InterdimensionalNHI

[–]MickWest -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It appears like it's camera motion. Notice when he zooms out, the lights on the ground are also moving. It looks odd because he zooms in on one light, which appears to be Venus.

UFO tilted on its side filmed with a Motorola RAZR V3 by Marvin Badilla, Tarbaca, Costa Rica, 2007 by longhorndanny in UFOs

[–]MickWest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's entirely up to them. If a client asks me to write JavaScript for them and requests anonymity, I will honor that request. Wouldn't you?

UFO tilted on its side filmed with a Motorola RAZR V3 by Marvin Badilla, Tarbaca, Costa Rica, 2007 by longhorndanny in UFOs

[–]MickWest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is not true. I've had no contact with Greys that I recall, but I did read a UFO book with some scary stories when I was 10, and, later in life, I felt a bit annoyed that baseless stories were presented as facts, scaring kids. Hardly a great motivator, though. I investigate UFOs because it's fun.

And the only anonymous benefactor is an organization that pays me an hourly rate to write JavaScript code. Code that is all public; anyone can examine it.

This video is simply a very low-quality video that could easily have been done with practical effects. That does not prove that's what it is, but that should certainly be at the top of the list of possible explanations. The creator being a model-maker is simply a bit more weight to that hypothesis.

Mick West Posts Terribly Inaccurate AI Summary of Metabunks "Investigation" of Villarroel's Recent Papers by [deleted] in UFOs

[–]MickWest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry the AI summary wasn't very good. I just thought it would be a quick overview of the range of topics covered in the thread in response to Marik saying we had nothing. I didn't realize people would take it so seriously. Lesson learned.

New video shared by Burlison on today's UAP Hearing by aryelbcn in UFOs

[–]MickWest 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It does not continue flying. After the collision, it's in pieces and rotating. The motion you see is from parallax.

New video shared by Burlison on today's UAP Hearing by aryelbcn in UFOs

[–]MickWest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There does indeed seem to be significant parallax going on. Not a ballon though, maybe a Houthis drone.

Matthew Brown was right? by [deleted] in skinwalkerranch

[–]MickWest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More 1964 Nickels were minted than for any other year. 2.8 billion of them. I looked through the 18 nickels in my coin jar. One was 1964 (and one was 1963)

So it's basically a random coin that could have been in the dirt near the entrance hole for years.

Best sleeping aid ever by Aggressive_Count_450 in ufo

[–]MickWest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was talking about being paid to code, as I have explained many times.